11-14

Saturday, November 14

Nov 13: Tabulating votes continues. Biden pulls in enough votes to win Georgia. Trump takes North Carolina. Trump taps his personal lawyer—though no one is quite sure that he is really in that role—Rudy Giuliani, to lead his lawsuits related to the election outcome. Gregory and Travis McMichael, the father and son who are facing malice murder and felony murder charges for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, are denied bond.

Nov 14: Hundreds of Trump supporters march on the Supreme Court to protest the election results, despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud. A New York District judge rules that Trump’s strict DACA restrictions are unlawful.

Though their leader seems to have been voted out of office, minions are trying to hold onto power for him (and themselves) by their fingernails. Even if they can’t do it legally, it signals that Trump-style Know-Nothingism will not be going away any time soon. Trump and those who surround him and gain power from his power are already eyeing the 2024 election, though some speculate Trump, Jr. would make a good fit as well.[1] Maybe they’ll run as a team. Who says the United States is not a hereditary-rule system? It’s all about the family. We let the Trumps in, and maybe we’ll never be rid of them.[2]

Notes

[1] David Jackson and Phillip M. Bailey, “Donald Trump Wants to Run the Republican Party Even If He Leaves Office. Can He?,” USA Today, November 14, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/14/donald-trump-tries-remain-nations-top-republican-if-he-can/6259193002/.

[2] Jonathan V. Last, “Trump Is Forever,” The Bulwark, December 17, 2019, https://thebulwark.com/trump-is-forever/.

Barone, Emily. “The Nightmare Pandemic Economy Joe Biden Is Inheriting, in 5 Charts.” Time, November 13, 2020. https://time.com/5911723/biden-economy-pandemic/.

“Trump supporters rally in the streets of Washington, D.C. for ‘million MAGA march’,” The Hill, November 14, 2020, https://youtu.be/RcvmQ8K3YDo

Ellison Barber, “‘Million MAGA March’ And Counter Demonstrators Expected To Rally Saturday,” TODAY, NBC November 14, 2020, https://youtu.be/doJe6bdSSOE

“Jordan Klepper Takes On the Million MAGA March,” The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Comedy Central, November 17, 2020, https://youtu.be/hyLpbO5S4xE

Yong, Ed. “‘No One Is Listening to Us.’” The Atlantic, November 13, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/third-surge-breaking-healthcare-workers/617091/.

Johnson, Daniel W. “I’m Sorry This Post Is so Dark, but We Need to Get the Word out about the COVID-19 Situation in Nebraska.” Nebraska Medicine, November 11, 2020. https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/please-inform-your-family.

Tufekci, Zeynep. “It’s Time to Hunker Down.” The Atlantic, November 14, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/lock-yourself-down-now/617106/.

Oxner, Reese. “Texas Reports More Than 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To John Hopkins.” NPR, November 11, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933952445/texas-surpasses-1-million-coronavirus-cases-according-to-johns-hopkins-university.

KFOX Staff. “El Paso Inmates Help Move Bodies to Medical Examiner’s Office.” KFOX, November 14, 2020. https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-inmates-help-move-bodies-to-medical-examiners-office.

Yandoli, Krystie Lee. “Trump Supporters Who Refuse To Admit He Lost The Election Went To Protest In Washington DC.” BuzzFeed News, November 14, 2020. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/trump-supporters-million-maga-march-dc.

Sadeque, Samira. “Million Maga March: Trump Fans Rage against Dying of the Light.” The Guardian, November 15, 2020, sec. US news. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/15/million-maga-march-trump-supporters.

Keeley, Matt. “Man Stabbed as Violence Erupts after ‘Million MAGA March’ in Washington D.C.” Newsweek, November 14, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/man-stabbed-violence-erupts-after-million-maga-march-washington-dc-1547530.

Lang, Marissa J., Michael E. Miller, Peter Jamison, Justin Wm Moyer, Clarence Williams, Peter Hermann, Fredrick Kunkle, and John Woodrow Cox. “After Thousands of Trump Supporters Rally in D.C., Violence Erupts When Night Falls.” Washington Post, November 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14/million-maga-march-dc-protests/.

Funke, Daniel. “The ‘Million MAGA March’ Did Not Have 1 Million or More Attendees.” Politifact, November 16, 2020. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/16/kayleigh-mcenany/million-maga-march-did-not-have-more-1-million-att/.

COVID deniers sickened and even killed by COVID, a thread by @Cleavon MD, November 14, 2020, https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1327494611338608640.html

Jackson, David, and Phillip M. Bailey. “Donald Trump Wants to Run the Republican Party Even If He Leaves Office. Can He?” USA TODAY, November 14, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/14/donald-trump-tries-remain-nations-top-republican-if-he-can/6259193002/.

Republicans in 2020: We will not accept the results of this election.
Republicans in 2018: pic.twitter.com/2i50pQQWDI
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 14, 2020

A federal judge says rules limiting DACA applications and renewals are invalid because the acting DHS secretary who signed them was not serving legally https://t.co/GazlWGFQen
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 14, 2020

80 percent of those who died of Covid-19 in Texas county jails were never convicted of a crime, a new report finds https://t.co/EjLpTPPQ4E
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 12, 2020

This is devastating for Republicans #LootingLoeffler pic.twitter.com/DT0JHk7GYD
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 14, 2020

AMAZING!

More than one MILLION marchers for President @realDonaldTrump descend on the swamp in support.

Best base in political history — we LOVE you guys!!! ❤️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vU65nqCSns
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) November 14, 2020

682K mail-in ballots in Philidelphia and Allegheny County were counted WITHOUT observers present.

A direct violation of a Court Order.

UNCONSTITUTIONAL and irredeemably compromised.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) November 14, 2020

Alexander, Barbara D., and Rajesh T. Gandhi. “Statement on the Emergency Use Authorization of Bamlanivimab.” IDSA, November 12, 2020. https://www.idsociety.org/news–publications-new/articles/2020/statement-on-the-emergency-use-authorization-of-bamlanivimab/.
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Boykin, Nick. “DC’s Mask Mandate Ignored by Many at Million MAGA March on Saturday.” KUSA.com, November 14, 2020. https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/dc/million-maga-march-wasington-dc-mask-mandate-ignored/65-8b62b02a-c7e8-4e50-8fd6-4de18533c156.
Goldberg, Emma. “Teens in Covid Isolation: ‘I Felt Like I Was Suffocating.’” The New York Times, November 12, 2020, sec. Health. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/health/covid-teenagers-mental-health.html.
Goodman, J. David. “As Hospitalizations Soar, El Paso Brings In New Mobile Morgues.” The New York Times, November 11, 2020, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/coronavirus-hospitalizations-el-paso-texas.html.
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Lapin, Tamar. “Police Release More Details about Million MAGA March Arrests, Stabbing.” New York Post (blog), November 17, 2020. https://nypost.com/2020/11/16/police-release-more-details-about-million-maga-march-arrests/.
Lemos, Gregory, and Christina Maxouris. “More than 900 Mayo Clinic Staff Members Diagnosed with Covid-19 in Midwest over Two Weeks.” CNN, November 19, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/us/mayo-clinic-900-staff-positive-covid/index.html.
McEvoy, Jemima. “‘Million Maga March’ Ends In Stabbing, Arrests After Trump Supporters And Counter Protesters Brawl.” Forbes, November 15, 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/15/million-maga-march-ends-in-stabbing-arrests-after-trump-supporters-and-counter-protesters-brawl/.
O’Sullivan, Eilish. “‘Million MAGA March’ Gets Trolled with Nothing but Photos of Pancakes.” The Daily Dot, November 14, 2020. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/million-maga-march-pancakes/.
Oosting, Jonathan. “GOP Leaders: We’ll Abide by Popular Vote, Won’t Give Michigan to Trump.” Bridge Michigan, November 13, 2020. https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gop-leaders-well-abide-popular-vote-wont-give-michigan-trump.
Rani, Varsha. “Volunteers Who Took Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Complained of ‘Severe Hangover.’” Vice, November 12, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88anzp/pfizer-vaccine-trial-volunteers-side-effects-like-hangover.
Rivers, Matt, and Natalie Gallón. “The Fallout from Hurricane Eta Is Just Beginning in Central America.” CNN, November 12, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/americas/hurricane-eta-guatemala-honduras-intl/index.html.
Rogers, Kaleigh. “Americans Were Primed To Believe The Current Onslaught Of Disinformation.” FiveThirtyEight, November 12, 2020. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-were-primed-to-believe-the-current-onslaught-of-disinformation/.
Scott, Paul John. “900 on Mayo Clinic Staff Have Contracted Coronavirus in Last Two Weeks.” Twin Cities (blog), November 18, 2020. https://www.twincities.com/2020/11/17/over-900-mayo-staff-have-gotten-covid-19-in-past-two-weeks/.
Severns, Maggie. “Where Trump’s Recount Fundraising Dollars Are Really Going.” POLITICO, November 12, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/trump-fraud-claims-fundraising-436188.
Shinneman, Shawn. “Texas Hits 1 Million COVID-19 Cases—More Than Any Other State.” Texas Monthly, November 11, 2020. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/texas-one-million-covid-19-cases/.
Steinberg, Brian. “CNN, Fox News and MSNBC Could Face Post-Trump Bumps as They Seek Viewers and Revenue.” Variety (blog), November 11, 2020. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/trump-cnn-fox-news-msnbc-1234827632/.
Stelly, Karl. “‘Bloody Monday’ / American (Know-Nothing) Party Historical Marker.” Historical Marker Database, August 1, 2020. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=25914.
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Wamsley, Laurel. “After COVID Diagnosis, Nearly 1 In 5 Are Diagnosed With Mental Disorder.” NPR, November 11, 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/11/11/933964994/after-covid-diagnosis-nearly-1-in-5-are-diagnosed-with-mental-disorder.
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